The Vienna Konzerthaus cancelled a Ukraine benefit concert planned for tonight. The primary reason was the performers, Greek-Russian star conductor Teodor Currentzis and his musicAeterna orchestra, and their primary sponsor, Russian VTN Bank. The … » Read

Portuguese conductor Nuno Coelho , onetime LA Philharmonic Dudamel Fellow, is to be the new chief conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias in Oviedo, Spain. The current guest conductor of the Orquestra Gulbenkian, … » Read

George E. Lewis, a professor of music at Columbia University and an outspoken advocate for the inclusion of Black artists in experimental music, is to be the new artistic director of the International Contemporary Ensemble. The ensemble’s … » Read

Anna Netrebko, having received criticism, not to mention a performance cancellation , in Russia after attempting to back-peda l her previous, well-documented support of Vladmir Putin, has once again turned to social media in an attempt to keep … » Read

Over four decades, Janet Cowperthwaite has been the magician behind the curtain making the Kronos Quartet a leader in the world of contemporary music. As a 21-year-old college senior in San Francisco, she took a part-time job helping around the … » Read

The J. Paul Getty Trust, whose $9.2bn endowment makes it the world’s wealthiest arts institution, has chosen New York University Provost Katherine E. Fleming as its new president and CEO. She follows James Cuno, who will retire this summer … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — For soprano Ailyn Peréz, being rejected by the man she loves is all part of the job these days. But accepting a marriage proposal in front of a live audience? That was once in a lifetime. Peréz is … » Read

Santtu-Matias Rouvali will be leaving the Tampere Philharmonic at the end of 2022-23, marking ten years as its chief conductor. The 36-year-old rising Finn, among those “auditioning” this season for Jaap van Zweden’s job as New … » Read

With Riccardo Muti down for the count with Covid-19, his Chicago Symphony Orchestra concerts next week will require not one but two conductors to replace him. The bad news from the shift is that Leif Ove Andsnes will not be performing the Britten … » Read

Mark C. Hanson, who resigned as CEO of the San Francisco Symphony not long after Esa-Pekka Salonen took over as music director, is to be the new CEO of the Baltimore Symphony. He starts April 21 and succeeds Peter Kjome, whose contract expired in … » Read